
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Building (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 and shall come into operation on 31st October 2012.
2 
In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the Building Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012.
3 
The principal Regulations are amended as follows—
(a) in regulation 3(2) for “These” substitute “Subject to paragraph (4), these”; and
(b) after regulation 3(3) insert—“
(4) In relation to work or building work and a material change of use referred to in paragraph (2), a district council may serve a contravention notice under Article 18 of the Building Regulations (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 (including a notice in respect of anything of which particulars were not required to be shown in the plans deposited with the district council) at any time up to 12 months from the date of completion of the work in question.”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 10th October 2012
Philip Irwin
A senior officer of the
Department of Finance and Personnel
